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 ==== Discount Types ==== ==== Discount Types ====
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 The discount syntax below shows all the pieces to creating a discount. In a coupon or category discount, the ''discount_method'' is specified separate from the  The discount syntax below shows all the pieces to creating a discount. In a coupon or category discount, the ''discount_method'' is specified separate from the 
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 There are three different ways that a discount can be applied - automatically at the product level or and the category level, or manually by the customer in the form of a coupon. There are three different ways that a discount can be applied - automatically at the product level or and the category level, or manually by the customer in the form of a coupon.
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 +**Need a hand creating your discount tiers?**\\
 +[[:snippets:discounts|Try out our helper interface]] to create your discount.
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 ==== Product Discount ==== ==== Product Discount ====
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 Product discounts are added to the cart inside the product add to cart link or form that the product is created in. Product discounts are added to the cart inside the product add to cart link or form that the product is created in.
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 +=== How are they added to an order ===
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 +Product discounts are automatically added with the product when it is added to the cart
  
 === How are they displayed === === How are they displayed ===
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 Category discounts are created from within your store's FoxyCart administration, within the settings for each individual category. Category discounts are created from within your store's FoxyCart administration, within the settings for each individual category.
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 +=== How are they added to an order ===
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 +Category discounts are automatically added to any products associated the category it applies to.
  
 === How are they displayed === === How are they displayed ===
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 Coupons are created from within your store's FoxyCart administration, on the coupons page. Coupons are created from within your store's FoxyCart administration, on the coupons page.
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 +=== How are they added to an order ===
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 +Coupons can be added in two ways. 
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 +== Automatically ==
 +Coupons can be added with a product add to cart link or form by specifying the ''coupon'' parameter with the coupon's code as the value. This means that the customer won't need to take any action for the coupon to be applied, and will appear in their cart when the order matches the coupons requirements.
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 +== Manually ==
 +A customer can enter a coupon manually on the cart page of the FoxyCart checkout process. If a valid coupon exists for the store, a link to 'Add a coupon' will appear within the carts totals area between the subtotal and the total. Clicking this link will display a text input that customers can enter the code into and click to update the cart and add the coupon.
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 +Something to note here is that if there is currently no valid coupon for the store, then the 'Add a coupon' functionality won't be displayed in the cart. This prevents possible cart abandonment as people may possibly leave your store in search of a coupon that doesn't exist. There are a couple ways that a coupon may not be valid or active:
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 +  * The current date is outside of the active date range set for the coupon
 +  * The coupon has been used as many times as is allowed
  
 === How are they displayed === === How are they displayed ===
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   : This is nearly identical to the "Category Discounts" above, but applies to product-level discounts.   : This is nearly identical to the "Category Discounts" above, but applies to product-level discounts.
   ; Valid Dates   ; Valid Dates
-  : If the coupon has dates set, it can only be used on those dates. The end date is not inclusive, so coupon codes can be used on the start date, but not the end date. The dates are setup in the database as of midnight and are compared to "now" so if you're even one second past the end date at 00:00:00, it won't be valid for that day. For example, if you want a coupon to be valid on 11/27/2010 only, then you'll have to set the end date as 11/28/2010 because the 24 hours of valid coupon time will be from 11/27/2010 00:00:00 to 11/28/2010 00:00:00.+  : If the coupon has dates set, it can only be used within those date ranges. The start and end dates are inclusive, so coupon codes can be used on the start and end dates as well.
   ; Apply to Categories   ; Apply to Categories
   : Similar to the category quantity discounts, but can be applied to multiple or all categories. So if a coupon code only applies to the T-Shirt category and there are no T-Shirts in the cart, no discount will be applied.   : Similar to the category quantity discounts, but can be applied to multiple or all categories. So if a coupon code only applies to the T-Shirt category and there are no T-Shirts in the cart, no discount will be applied.

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